SACAU's 2014 Policy Conference and AGM

26-29 May 2014, Lesotho. The Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU), based in Pretoria and to which the Lesotho National Farmers Union (LENAFU) is a member, held its annual policy conference and Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Lesotho at the Maseru Sun International.

The central theme of the conference focused on livestock issues in the region; the main objective being to identify solutions and growth opportunities for producers and other stakeholders. Key areas in the dialogue covered:

• an overview on regional and global trends, 
• scientific and technological advances, 
• livestock and climate changes, 
• livestock value chains and 
• African socio-cultural aspects of livestock production.

Participants at the conference included several continental and global stakeholders, government leaders, policy-makers, prominent agribusiness leaders and representative leaders from national farmer’s organization such as:

• Botswana Agricultural Union (BAU)
• Lesotho National Farmers Union (LENAFU)
• Coalition paysanne de Madagascar (CPM) and Confederation des Agriculteurs Malagasy (FERRITAMA)
• Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) and National smallholders Famers Association of Malawi (NASFAM)
• Uniao Nacional de Camponeses (UNAC) Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU) and Namibia Natioanal Farmers Union (NNFU)
• Seychelles Farmers Association (SEYFA) Agri South Africa (AgriSA) and African Farmers’ Association of South Africa (AFASA).
• Swaziland National Agricultural Union (SNAU),
• Agricultural Council of Tanzania (ACT).
• Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU),
• Commercial Farmers Union of Zimbabwe (CFU) and Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU).